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The Red Oak City Council received an update on the city’s proposed 2023-24 budget.A special meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m., April 24, at the Red Oak Fire Station. A public hearing on the budget is scheduled, and formal adoption will also be on the special meeting agenda.At the April 17 meeting...
Those selected for the 2023 Red Oak Prom Court are, from left, front row: Danique Dobbe, Theresa Flick, Ashley Wilkins, Bridgett Archer, and Josie Vanderhoof. Back row, from left: Braden Woods, Cash Berendes, James Gass, Kyle Westover, and Landon Couse. Red Oak’s prom is Saturday, April 22.
The Red Oak Kiwanis Club continues its tradition of providing extra safety to grade school bicycle riders.On April 12, Kiwanis President Kim Truka, and members Kylie Bowen and Wayne Donohue fitted and donated bicycle helmets for the third grade classes at Inman Elementary. The program was started...
When a beaver dam was recently threatening to flood one of Linda Head’s farm fields northeast of Red Oak, she recalled an Iowa Learning Farm presentation she attended about a simple solution to remove the flooding potential while leaving the beavers alone.Referred to as a Beaver Deceiver, the...
Iowa hemp growers planted 115 acres of hemp in open fields in 2022, down 45 acres from 2021, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – National Hemp Report. Harvested acres for 2022 were estimated at 105, compared with 120 acres the previous year.
Area harvested for floral...
On April 17, 2023, the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office responded to the report of a stabbing at 508 Main St. in Sidney, Iowa. Upon arrival, deputies and first responders located two make subjects outside the residence who had been stabbed, one individual later succumbed to his injuries, while the...
Rural Red Oak resident Maggie McQuown is the latest to urge the Montgomery County Board of supervisors to take action on the proposed carbon pipeline ordinance drafted by attorney Tim Whipple of Ahlers & Cooney Law firm.McQuown, who is a member of the Montgomery County Board of Adjustment, met...
The Red Oak City Council is continuing discussions on the possibility of a franchise tax for gas and electric utilities.At the regular Red Oak City Council meeting April 3, the council was given a list of 199 Iowa communities that have incorporated a franchise fee for gas services, electrical...
It's as predictable as May flowers - from border to border, the Wildlife Baby Season has arrived in Iowa. From now until at least mid-June, DNR field offices across the state will be inundated with hundreds of phone calls and scores of deliveries regarding "orphaned wildlife."
Most calls begin with...
Clients of the Open Door Mission in Omaha, Neb., received an Easter boost thanks to the efforts of the Red Oak and Villisca First United Methodist churches.The church members filled and delivered 141 Easter kits to be distributed at the Open Door Mission. Nicole Solberg, the church’s office...